5 Strategies to Eat Healthy Over the Holidays

This blog post 5 Strategies to Eat Healthy Over the Holidays is sponsored by Good Food Made Simple.

It’s the holiday season… and that means cookies, chocolate, and sweets galore. Holiday parties with rich side dishes and a stocked bar can get us in trouble and make it challenging to eat healthy over the holidays. And so can making 4 (four)!!! batches of chocolate chip cookies for all the cookies swaps you’re attending (or is that just me?) #toomuchcookiedough

But it’s so good, right?!

Let’s be real, it’s hard to keep up a balanced diet during the holidays but with a little strategery and mindfulness you can feel your best all season long. Move over chocolate chip cookie dough, we aren’t tempted by you. Here are some of my best tips to help you survive the holiday feasts and eat healthy over the holidays so you can kiss the New Year’s resolutions bandwagon goodbye.

Drink water so you don’t confuse hunger for thirst.

Carry a water bottle around with you so that you don’t forget to hydrate! It’s easy to get dehydrated and zapped of energy, so a little extra water can help with keeping you energized and less likely to snack when you’re not really hungry.

Load HALF your plate with vegetables!

Fill up on lots of veggies but take a pass on the veggies that are loaded up with butter and condiments!

Eat Often

Don’t skip meals in hopes to “save up” for the big feast or night of drinking. This doesn’t work and will backfire by putting your body into fat storage mode when you finally do consume food. Aim to eat every 3-4 hours to prevent swings in energy and mood. No one wants a crabby party guest anyway.

Eat breakfast every day! Some of my favvvvvv breakfast eats are oatmeal, egg sandwiches and waffles! Good Food Made Simple has tasty and convenient breakfast options to make it easier to eat healthy over the holidays. And best of all… their simple ingredient list!

Pace yourself—slowly sip 2 big glasses of water in between every alcoholic drink.

If you’re at a party and alcohol is offered, go in with a strategy. Drink 2 glasses of water in between every alcoholic drink. Keep in mind the guidelines for men is no more than 2 drinks per day and women 1 per day (and nope—saving these up doesn’t count either—that would be called binge drinking and only leads to weight gain and a hangover).

Stay Active

Take advantage of (hopefully) some time off work and schedule your workouts! Hitting the gym first thing in the morning will make you feel AMAZING! That feeling never gets old.

If you have shopping to do, make sure that you wear your walking shoes so that you can last all day and get in a ton of steps in at the mall.

How do you eat healthy over the holiday season? I’d love to hear your best tips and what works for you!!

Hi I’m Kristina LaRue, millennial mom of two active and hungry boys, which makes me an around the clock milkmaid and cheerio picker upper. Here on Love & Zest, I share (mostly) healthy recipes to fuel the whole family and real life stories of modern motherhood.

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Thanks for keeping me healthy this holiday season. It’s so easy to eat and drink too much from November to December. I swear by the water idea – one glass for every alcoholic drink and it helps fill you up! Keep those healthy ideas coming girl!

Thanks for the tips for the holidays. I always struggle with making healthy choices during the holidays and hurting peoples feelings when I only take a very small serving of something beautiful they have made.

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Thanks for stopping by Love & Zest. I’m Kristina LaRue, millennial mom of two active and hungry boys, which makes me an around the clock milkmaid and cheerio picker upper. Here on L&Z, I share (mostly) healthy recipes to fuel the whole family and real life stories of modern motherhood.ABOUT KRISTINA